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Accessing MKLocalSearchResponse item (swift)


When I do println(localSearchResponse), I get a MapItem object, which includes a ton of details about the location. In this example, its UCSD. Here is the output showing in my log.

<MKLocalSearchResponse: 0x1c53d640> {
    boundingRegion = "<center:+32.87514836, -117.23958822 span:+0.00725621, +0.00825332>";
    mapItems =     (
        "<MKMapItem: 0x1c538090> {\n    isCurrentLocation = 0;\n    name = \"University of California, San Diego\";\n    phoneNumber = \"+18585342230\";\n    placemark = \"University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA  92093-5004, United States @ <+32.87529400,-117.23961000> +/- 0.00m, region CLCircularRegion (identifier:'<+32.87514837,-117.23958825> radius 557.57', center:<+32.87514837,-117.23958825>, radius:557.57m)\";\n    url = \"http://www.ucsd.edu\";\n}"
    );
}

Notice how it outputs placemark = University of California... and has the address? How do I get this value and store it into a variable? Here is my code:

localSearchRequest = MKLocalSearchRequest()
localSearchRequest.naturalLanguageQuery = addressTextField.text
localSearch = MKLocalSearch(request: localSearchRequest)
localSearch.startWithCompletionHandler { (localSearchResponse, error) -> Void in

    if localSearchResponse == nil{
        var alert = UIAlertView(title: nil, message: "Place not found", delegate: self, cancelButtonTitle: "Try again")
        alert.show()
        return
    }

    //prints the MKLocalSearchResponse with name, phoneNumber, placemark
    println(localSearchResponse)

    //Get latitude and longitude
    var newRecordLat = localSearchResponse.boundingRegion.center.latitude
    var newRecordLong = localSearchResponse.boundingRegion.center.longitude

    //How do I get the address, which is "placemark" in the MKLocalSearchResponse?
    var newRecordAddress = localSearchResponse.mapItems...???

    //store values to Parse
    self.latToParse = newRecordLat
    self.longToParse = newRecordLong
}

Here is the documentation of MKSearchResponse

And here is the documentation of MKMapItem


Solution

  • The answer is:

    var newRecordAddress = (localSearchResponse.mapItems[0] as! MKMapItem).placemark
    

    This object contains all information you need. Checked it in demo project

    Address only:

    var newRecordAddress = (localSearchResponse.mapItems[0] as! MKMapItem).placemark
    let addressOnly = newRecordAddress.name + ", " + newRecordAddress.title
    

    newRecordAddress.name is place's name newRecordAddress.title is place's address you required